''The Frontier Phantom'' is a 1952 American
Western
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film produced and directed by
Ron Ormond
Ron Ormond (born Vittorio Di Naro, August 29, 1910 – May 11, 1981) was an American author, showman, screenwriter, film producer, and film director of Western, musical, and exploitation films. Following his survival of a 1968 plane crash, Ormo ...
starring
Lash LaRue
Alfred "Lash" LaRue (June 15, 1917 – May 21, 1996) was a popular western motion picture star of the 1940s and 1950s.
Biography Early life and education
Born Alfred LaRue in Gretna, Louisiana in 1917, he was reared in various towns th ...
in the final film of Ormond's Western Adventure Productions, Inc. It was the final film of
Al St. John
Al St. John (also credited as Al Saint John and "Fuzzy" St. John; September 10, 1892 – January 21, 1963) was an early American motion-picture comedian. He was a nephew of silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, with whom he often performed on ...
. The majority of the film's length is taken up with a reuse of the 1949 film ''
Outlaw Country''.
Plot
Taking place four days after Lash and Fuzzy's breaking up of a counterfeit gang detailed in the 1949 film ''
Outlaw Country'', Lash is mistaken for his twin brother the Frontier Phantom and arrested. At the jail, Lash relates the events of the smashing of the counterfeit outlaw gang and his meeting the last member of the gang Sam Mantell for a showdown.
Cast
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Lash La Rue
Alfred "Lash" LaRue (June 15, 1917 – May 21, 1996) was a popular western motion picture star of the 1940s and 1950s.
Biography Early life and education
Born Alfred LaRue in Gretna, Louisiana in 1917, he was reared in various towns th ...
as Marshal Lash La Rue
*
Al St. John
Al St. John (also credited as Al Saint John and "Fuzzy" St. John; September 10, 1892 – January 21, 1963) was an early American motion-picture comedian. He was a nephew of silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, with whom he often performed on ...
as Deputy Fuzzy Q. Jones
* Archie Twitchell as Sheriff
*
Virginia Herrick
Virginia Herrick (June 13, 1916 – January 29, 2016) was an American film and television actress and an opera soprano.
Filmography Films
*'' The Frontier Phantom'' (1952) - Susan
*''Secrets of Beauty'' (1951) - Betty Westmore
*''Montana Desperad ...
as Susan
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Kenne Duncan
Kenne Duncan (February 17, 1903 – February 5, 1972) was a Canadian-born American B-movie character actor. Hyped professionally as "The Meanest Man in the Movies," the vast majority of his over 250 appearances on camera were Westerns, but ...
as Sam Mantell
* Sandy Sanders as Mantell Henchman
* Clarke Stevens as Deputy Lee
* Cliff Taylor as Sparky the Telegrapher
* Bud Osborne as Deputy Matt
* Buck Garrett as Mantell henchman
* Jack O'Shea as Prisoner
*
George Chesebro
George Newell Chesebro (July 29, 1888 – May 28, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1954. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California.
Partial filmography
* ''Mi ...
as Cy the Bartender/Mayor
References
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1952 films
American Western (genre) films
1952 Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
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